by Marc Cosentino | Oct 22, 2019 | Private Sector Blogs
You know you are going to get a lot of cases that ask you to analyze the market/industry. Below is a list of core questions you should be thinking and asking about the market/industry. You need to learn these so you can rattle them off in your sleep. It will speed up...
by Marc Cosentino | Oct 15, 2019 | Private Sector Blogs
You know you are going to get a lot of cases that ask you to analyze a company (the client). Below is a lists of core questions you should be thinking of and asking about the company. You need to learn these so you can rattle them off in your sleep. It will speed up...
by Marc Cosentino | Oct 8, 2019 | Private Sector Blogs
There was a WSJ article of the same title. Basically, it said that companies should change their campus hiring strategies if they want to increase the representation of women and minorities. Having worked in Harvard career services for 18 years (1988 – 2006) I can...
by Marc Cosentino | Oct 1, 2019 | Private Sector Blogs
There are three kinds of people in the world, those good at math and those not so good. Sometimes there will be a little, sometimes a lot, but nothing that you haven’t seen before. The most common math you’ll see in a case interview are percentages, ROI, break-evens,...
by Marc Cosentino | Sep 24, 2019 | Private Sector Blogs
If you get stuck during a case and the interviewer doesn’t ask you a question to help you along, then there a few things you can do. First, take a moment to recap where you’ve been. Chances are you’ve either gone into too much detail and are now stuck in the mud or...
by Marc Cosentino | Sep 17, 2019 | Private Sector Blogs
I’ve advised thousands of international students pursuing careers in consulting. Most of these students initially wanted to work in the U.S. before returning to their home countries. While many were successful, like their American classmates, most were not. Consulting...
